Elsie Silver

Theo Silva. Rowdy bull rider. Notorious ladies’ man. Scorching hot trouble wrapped up in a drool-worthy package.

And he’s looking at me like I might be his next meal.

But I’m almost free of my toxic marriage and have sworn off men entirely. So all I see when I look back is temptation served up with a heaping side of heartbreak.

The man is hard to trust—and even harder to resist.

Make that impossible. Because Theo is persistent. And no matter how hard I try to freeze him out, he melts my icy exterior and pulls apart all my defenses.

Over a drink in a small town bar, I blurt out my deepest, darkest secrets. Then I spend the singular hottest night of my life with him.

He worships my body. He makes me blush. I come alive beneath his hands.

Then I tell him to forget it ever happened. I want simple, and with him it all feels complicated.

It was supposed to be a one-time thing.

A secret.

But that little plus sign is going to make this secret impossible to keep.

Chestnut Springs, #4

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“People respect me because I’m smart. Or because I’m accomplished. But they don’t like me.”

He’s singing to our daughter. And dancing. And cleaning.

One hand rubs the back of her head like she’s some sort of crystal ball, while the other wipes at the white cabinets in the cottage-style kitchen.

His mouth drops to my ear and he whispers, “Dr. Hamilton in the streets, filthy slut in the sheets.”

“Anything you want to say to this future wife of yours tonight, Silva?”

I hold the mic up to my lips and murmur, “Te vivo.”

Clara

Everything around us blurs as my eyes focus on the asshole I married.

I must be trying to manifest it or some shit.

I’d feel bad for her if I didn’t feel so bad for myself that she ran off before I could get her number.

But I’ve always been a little reckless.

I call out, “let’s go Tink! We’re off to Neverland!” right as I slam my door.

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